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Want To Make Starlin Castro Nervous?

From the folks over at The Beckett Blog, a photo of Derek Jeter, the Yankees’ pride and joy and captain…proudly featured posing in a Cubs uniform. Hysterical. Although it certainly would trump the Cardinals announcement that they signed Ryan Theriot to play shortstop for the next 2 years! (How about that? Theriot to the Cards. 2011’s Jim Edmonds. Get ready for a bit of bizarre world Cards fans….and you better hope it’s not more like having Aaron Miles on your side again). No need for Castro to sweat though. Just another ‘Fun With Photoshop’ moment for bored baseball fans on the Internet. Thank goodness for that.

Many people can’t understand why the Jeter talks are taking so long. Many also forget that baseball is a business. A huge, huge business. Like all businesses, it’s all about your return on investment (ROI). And when you are as old as Jeter is and coming off the career-worst year that Jeter is coming off of, your legacy is the only thing you have going for you in the boardroom. And like many of the greats before him, that might not be enough for the Yankees to offer what Jeter is looking for.

It would seem wrong to see Jeter play on another team, but it happens. The athletes that accomplish amazing things, setting them apart as the sport’s elite are few and far between. How many of those players actually get to play for one team their whole career? Even fewer. Jeter wouldn’t look right in another uniform but if the numbers don’t look right to the Yankees front office, then it won’t matter.

I like Castro at short. I love his upside and potential. We aren’t simply a Jeter away from winning it all and to bring him on board would be silly in tampering with Castro’s development. Still, the simple fact that they took the time to photoshop Jeter into all 29 teams uni’s is hilarious. Perhaps fans of some of those teams who could upgrade at SS, without a true young up-coming talent, who is a Jeter away from winning it all, now have reason to dream the dream: spending the Winter daydreaming over what might be next Fall after landing one of the game’s premiere talents. Jeter isn’t what he was in the 90’s, but still. You could do a lot worse.

Too bad he doesn’t play first base. Now that would be a move where the talent we currently have doesn’t stand a chance in measuring up against Jeter…’90’s or 2011 Jeter for that matter.

Not much player news on the Cubs front. Quade and coaching staff locked in and everyone’s looking forward to the upcoming December Winter Meetings. Jeterless, sure. Still, can’t wait to see what the roster looks like come Spring Training in February.

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